Ms. D’An is an experienced board director and financial leader with extensive corporate governance, financial oversight, and accounting experience with a range of companies She is President of D’An Financial Services, a strategic consulting firm she established in 2004 and has been serving on corporate boards since 2006. From 1998 through 2004, Ms. D’An served as partner of Ernst & Young, an accounting and professional services firm, where she spent 18 years serving clients in retail, consumer products, technology, financial services, media and other sectors.  Ms. D’An serves on the board of directors of Zoomcar Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded car sharing platform company (NASDAQ: ZCAR), where she has served since April 2023, GHD Group Pty Ltd., a privately-held technical professional services firm, where she has served since March 2020, and Backblaze, Inc., a publicly-traded open cloud storage platform (NASDAQ: BLZE), where she has served since August 2021. Ms. D’An is the chair of the audit committee of all three companies, a member of the compensation committee of Backblaze, Inc. and Zoomcar Holdings, Inc. and a member of the nominating committee of GHD Group Pty Ltd. Ms. D’An served on the board of directors of Renovaro Inc. (NASDAQ: REND) (formerly Enochian BioSciences Inc.) from April 2018 through June 2021, where she was a member of the audit committee and the nominating committee. Ms. D’An graduated with a B.S. in Accounting from the State University at Albany.

Edward Neugeboren has over thirty-three years of diversified healthcare experience in pharmaceutical operations, business development, corporate management, corporate governance, investment banking, asset management and institutional equity research. Mr. Neugeboren currently serves on the Board of Directors of Grace Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRCE), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company addressing rare and orphan diseases where he is a member of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.  Since January of 2016, Mr. Neugeboren has served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Cronus Pharma, LLC, a fully integrated R&D, manufacturing and sales & marketing animal health pharmaceutical company.  Mr. Neugeboren leads Cronus Pharma’s commercial operations, sales and marketing, strategic planning, business development and M&A, and is also responsible for developing and executing overall corporate strategy as well as corporate and portfolio acquisitions and licensing. Previously, Mr. Neugeboren was the Chief Strategy Officer for the parent pharmaceutical group comprised of Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc., a generic pharmaceutical company, and Casper Pharma, LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Additionally, Mr. Neugeboren is Founder and Managing Partner of QuadView Healthcare Advisors, a healthcare investment banking and business development firm. Mr. Neugeboren was previously a Managing Director of Third Ridge Capital Management, LLC, a U.S. equity hedge fund. 

Mr. Neugeboren was also Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Equity Research Operations at Lehman Brothers where he was a senior member of the management team responsible for operations for a 200-person department with direct management of technology, finance, editorial and production, human resources, and compliance.  He was Deputy Director of Equity Research at UBS, formerly Warburg Dillon Read and Director of Equity Research Operations responsible for operations for a 150-person department. Additionally, he participated on the Investment Policy & Equity Commitment Committees.

Mr. Neugeboren began his career in 1992 as an equity research analyst covering the Specialty Pharmaceuticals industry, including Generic Drugs and Drug Delivery at Dillon, Read & Co., Kidder, Peabody & Co., and Furman, Selz, Inc. He was a member of the top-ranked Greenwich Associates Mid-Cap Pharmaceuticals Team. He also served as an Advisor to Healthcare Capital Corp., Inc., and its merger with AlphaTau, Inc., a radiopharmaceutical company, Director of Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc., a public specialty pharmaceutical company and KineMed, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company.  Mr. Neugeboren graduated with a BA in Economics from Union College.

Dr. Smith is a global business leader, medical doctor, author and entrepreneur who has held various C-Suite and board positions in the biopharmaceutical industry.   She currently serves on the boards of directors of Spiritus Therapeutics, which she co-founded, the International Board of Sanford Health, and is the Chairman, President and founder of the Cura Foundation, a nonsectarian public charity dedicated to improving human health and well-being and increasing quality of life globally.

 Dr. Smith has also had extensive experience serving on multiple private and public companies boards of directors and board committees, including audit, nominating, governance, compensation and science and technology committees in healthcare services, biotechnology, AI, technology and consumer products. Dr. Smith has founded numerous companies in regenerative medicine and is a managing partner of BRM Holdings family office. From 2006 until 2015, Dr. Smith was chairman and chief executive officer of Neostem, Inc., where she pioneered the company’s innovative business model, combining proprietary cell therapy development with successful contract development and manufacturing organization. 

Dr. Smith has been recognized for her extensive leadership in the biopharmaceutical industry, winning an array of industry awards and business recognitions. She received the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) 2019 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Action Award for International Diplomacy, the 2018 HEALinc Future Health Humanitarian Award, the Business Intelligence Group’s Woman of the Year Award in 2018 and the 2018 Gold Stevie® Award for Woman of the Year (Government or Non-Profit). In April 2016, Pope Francis awarded Dr. Smith Dame Commander with Star Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Healthcare and Science by The National Museum of Catholic Art and Library.  

She received her B.A. degree from Yale University and her M.D. degree from the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Smith holds an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of Business and completed the Stanford University Directors Program and received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Thomas Jefferson Medical College.

Edward Neugeboren has over thirty-three years of diversified healthcare experience in pharmaceutical operations, business development, corporate management, corporate governance, investment banking, asset management and institutional equity research. Mr. Neugeboren currently serves on the Board of Directors of Grace Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRCE), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company addressing rare and orphan diseases where he is a member of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.  Since January of 2016, Mr. Neugeboren has served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Cronus Pharma, LLC, a fully integrated R&D, manufacturing and sales & marketing animal health pharmaceutical company.  Mr. Neugeboren leads Cronus Pharma’s commercial operations, sales and marketing, strategic planning, business development and M&A, and is also responsible for developing and executing overall corporate strategy as well as corporate and portfolio acquisitions and licensing. Previously, Mr. Neugeboren was the Chief Strategy Officer for the parent pharmaceutical group comprised of Rising Pharma Holdings, Inc., a generic pharmaceutical company, and Casper Pharma, LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Additionally, Mr. Neugeboren is Founder and Managing Partner of QuadView Healthcare Advisors, a healthcare investment banking and business development firm. Mr. Neugeboren was previously a Managing Director of Third Ridge Capital Management, LLC, a U.S. equity hedge fund. 

Mr. Neugeboren was also Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Equity Research Operations at Lehman Brothers where he was a senior member of the management team responsible for operations for a 200-person department with direct management of technology, finance, editorial and production, human resources, and compliance.  He was Deputy Director of Equity Research at UBS, formerly Warburg Dillon Read and Director of Equity Research Operations responsible for operations for a 150-person department. Additionally, he participated on the Investment Policy & Equity Commitment Committees.

Mr. Neugeboren began his career in 1992 as an equity research analyst covering the Specialty Pharmaceuticals industry, including Generic Drugs and Drug Delivery at Dillon, Read & Co., Kidder, Peabody & Co., and Furman, Selz, Inc. He was a member of the top-ranked Greenwich Associates Mid-Cap Pharmaceuticals Team. He also served as an Advisor to Healthcare Capital Corp., Inc., and its merger with AlphaTau, Inc., a radiopharmaceutical company, Director of Elite Pharmaceuticals Inc., a public specialty pharmaceutical company and KineMed, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company.  Mr. Neugeboren graduated with a BA in Economics from Union College.

Keith Murphy is currently a Director and Executive Chairman of Organovo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONVO) and CEO and Chairman of Viscient Bio, Inc. Prior to co-founding Viscient Bio in 2017, Mr. Murphy founded Organovo in 2007 and led all company operations until 2017. He co-invented the NovoGen MMX bioprinter platform and grew Organovo through early investments and pharma corporate partnerships. Prior to Organovo, Mr. Murphy spent ten years at Amgen in roles of increasing responsibility, including four years as the Global Operations Leader of denosumab, now marketed as Prolia & Xgeva ($6B+ annual sales). Prior to Amgen, he played a key role at Alkermes in the successful development of once-monthly human growth hormone (hGH) in partnership with Genentech.

Mr. Murphy holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is an alumnus of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Murphy serves as co-chair of the Board of No Patient Left Behind, and on the Board of Directors of California Life Sciences, the state’s life science industry public policy, advocacy and business leadership organization.

Keith Murphy is currently a Director and Executive Chairman of Organovo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONVO) and CEO and Chairman of Viscient Bio, Inc. Prior to co-founding Viscient Bio in 2017, Mr. Murphy founded Organovo in 2007 and led all company operations until 2017. He co-invented the NovoGen MMX bioprinter platform and grew Organovo through early investments and pharma corporate partnerships. Prior to Organovo, Mr. Murphy spent ten years at Amgen in roles of increasing responsibility, including four years as the Global Operations Leader of denosumab, now marketed as Prolia & Xgeva ($6B+ annual sales). Prior to Amgen, he played a key role at Alkermes in the successful development of once-monthly human growth hormone (hGH) in partnership with Genentech.

Mr. Murphy holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is an alumnus of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Mr. Murphy serves as co-chair of the Board of No Patient Left Behind, and on the Board of Directors of California Life Sciences, the state’s life science industry public policy, advocacy and business leadership organization.

Ms. D’An is an experienced board director and financial leader with extensive corporate governance, financial oversight, and accounting experience with a range of companies She is President of D’An Financial Services, a strategic consulting firm she established in 2004 and has been serving on corporate boards since 2006. From 1998 through 2004, Ms. D’An served as partner of Ernst & Young, an accounting and professional services firm, where she spent 18 years serving clients in retail, consumer products, technology, financial services, media and other sectors.  Ms. D’An serves on the board of directors of Zoomcar Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded car sharing platform company (NASDAQ: ZCAR), where she has served since April 2023, GHD Group Pty Ltd., a privately-held technical professional services firm, where she has served since March 2020, and Backblaze, Inc., a publicly-traded open cloud storage platform (NASDAQ: BLZE), where she has served since August 2021. Ms. D’An is the chair of the audit committee of all three companies, a member of the compensation committee of Backblaze, Inc. and Zoomcar Holdings, Inc. and a member of the nominating committee of GHD Group Pty Ltd. Ms. D’An served on the board of directors of Renovaro Inc. (NASDAQ: REND) (formerly Enochian BioSciences Inc.) from April 2018 through June 2021, where she was a member of the audit committee and the nominating committee. Ms. D’An graduated with a B.S. in Accounting from the State University at Albany.

Dr. Ende became Chairman of the Board of Matinas in October 2022 and has served on our Board of Directors since 2017.  Since 2009, Dr. Ende has served as President of Ende BioMedical Consulting Group. Ende BioMed is focused on helping life sciences companies raise capital, identify licensing partners and acquirers, and optimizing corporate structure. In addition, it analyzes both private and public investment opportunities for clients within the life sciences industry. Ende also helps activist investors gain seats on Company Boards.

Dr. Ende was a Director on Genzyme’s Board from 2010 – 2011 until it was acquired by Sanofi-Aventis for $21 B in 2011. During his tenure on Genzyme’s Board, he was a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committees. Ende is currently on the Board of Directors of Matinas BioPharma, where he is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and is serving on the Audit as well as the Nomination & Governance committees. Ende is also on the Board of Directors of Avadel plc, where he is the Chairman of the Nomination & Corporate Governance Committee and is serving on the Audit & Compensation committees. Ende was also voted to the Board of Progenics Pharmaceuticals, serving as Chair of the Compensation Committee as well as serving on the Audit and Science Committees. Ende is also on the Technology Transfer Committee of Mount Sinai Innovation Partners. He also served as the Chairman of the Unsecured Creditor’s Committee overseeing the Egenix Bankruptcy and on the subsequent Liquidating Trust Committee.

From 2002 through 2008, Dr. Ende was the senior biotechnology analyst at Merrill Lynch. From 2000 – 2002, Ende was the senior biotechnology analyst at Banc of America Securities. And, from 1997 – 2000, he was a biotechnology analyst at Lehman Brothers. During Dr. Ende’s career as a biotechnology analyst, he was named to Institutional Investor’s All-America Equity Research Team six times as well as to The Greenwich Survey list of top analysts. He was also named Top Stock Picker by The Street.com and Best Earnings Estimator by Forbes.com.

Dr. Ende received an MBA in Finance & Accounting from NYU – Stern Business School in 1997, an MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1994, and a BS in Biology and Psychology from Emory University in 1990.

Dr. Smith is a global business leader, medical doctor, author and entrepreneur who has held various C-Suite and board positions in the biopharmaceutical industry.   She currently serves on the boards of directors of Spiritus Therapeutics, which she co-founded, the International Board of Sanford Health, and is the Chairman, President and founder of the Cura Foundation, a nonsectarian public charity dedicated to improving human health and well-being and increasing quality of life globally.

 Dr. Smith has also had extensive experience serving on multiple private and public companies boards of directors and board committees, including audit, nominating, governance, compensation and science and technology committees in healthcare services, biotechnology, AI, technology and consumer products. Dr. Smith has founded numerous companies in regenerative medicine and is a managing partner of BRM Holdings family office. From 2006 until 2015, Dr. Smith was chairman and chief executive officer of Neostem, Inc., where she pioneered the company’s innovative business model, combining proprietary cell therapy development with successful contract development and manufacturing organization. 

Dr. Smith has been recognized for her extensive leadership in the biopharmaceutical industry, winning an array of industry awards and business recognitions. She received the Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) 2019 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Action Award for International Diplomacy, the 2018 HEALinc Future Health Humanitarian Award, the Business Intelligence Group’s Woman of the Year Award in 2018 and the 2018 Gold Stevie® Award for Woman of the Year (Government or Non-Profit). In April 2016, Pope Francis awarded Dr. Smith Dame Commander with Star Pontifical Equestrian Order of Saint Sylvester Pope and Martyr and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Healthcare and Science by The National Museum of Catholic Art and Library.  

She received her B.A. degree from Yale University and her M.D. degree from the Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Smith holds an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of Business and completed the Stanford University Directors Program and received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Thomas Jefferson Medical College.